A. Kelly Sessoms, in the firm’s Pascagoula office, has been included in the 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers for Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Allen “Teeto” Graham was recently elected Treasurer of the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.

Long time LPC employee Amy Kleinschrodt, who is a member of Buccaneer Yacht Club in Mobile, and her crew of Sara Hall and Ashley Hall won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy and gold medals for First Place in the 2009 U.S. Women’s Sailing Championship. Amy and her crew will defend their title on Lake Michigan in 2010.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that Ashley Swink has joined the firm as a partner and will practice in the Gulf Shores office.  We are also pleased to announce that Phillip Norwood has joined the firm as an associate and will practice in the Pascagoula office.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that eight attorneys from our firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers®  in America 2010:

Cooper Thurber
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Product Liability Litigation

Marion Quina
Maritime Law

Tom Garth
*Listed as one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have now been listed in Best Lawyers® for ten years or longer.
Employee Benefits Law
Non-Profit/Charities Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates

Walter Cook
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law

Caroline McCarthy
Insurance Law

William Shreve
Appellate Law
Insurance Law

Ken Nixon
Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
DUI/DWI Defense

Teeto Graham
Maritime Law

A. Kelly Sessoms has been elected a Fellow of the Young Lawyers of the Mississippi Bar.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the Alabama Super Lawyers 2009 list.  Lawyers chosen were Thomas F. Garth, Allen E. "Teeto" Graham, Caroline C. McCarthy, William E. Shreve, Jr. and Cooper C. Thurber.  Additionally, Cooper C. Thurber has been named to the Top 50 List. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.  Selections for Super Lawyers are made by the publisher, Law  & Politics who undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process from more than 70 practice areas.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that A. Grady “Bo” Williams, IV and Jordan W. Gerheim passed the Florida Bar.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that Brian R. Overstreet passed the Mississippi Bar.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce Brenda McClure, Human Resource Manager has received the Senior Professional in Human Resource certification.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce A. Kelly Sessoms has been elected to a 3 year term as District 3 Director for the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association and elected Vice-President of the Russell-Blass-Walker American Inn of Court for 2009.

We are pleased to announce Jay Minus was elected as ADLA Director for District IV, and Beth Lee was elected as ADLA Young Lawyers Section Director.